THE state-run Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation have signed an agreement on the execution of the West African Gas Pipeline project. The deal is a follow-up to the agreement signed in Cotonou, Benin, 11 August between Nigeria, Ghana, Benin and Togo, and Chevron Nigeria and the Nigerian Gas Company. The $400-million gas pipeline project is a brainchild of the World Bank. It involves piping Nigerian gas to fuel industrial projects and provide electricity in Benin, Togo and Ghana.
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